Lorenzo Bassi

Lorenzo Bassi was Caterina Sforza's personal physician.

Biography
Lorenzo Bassi was born in Forli, and he served Lady Caterina Sforza as her personal physician and trusted servant. In 1499, he sought a remedy for the plague by testing the disease-stricken, and Ottaviano Riario was sent to Forli to contact Bassi about the assassination of Pope Alexander VI. Bassi smeared coins with plague-bearing blood to infect the Pope with disease, but he informed Captain-General Rodrigo Borgia Lanzol of the plot. Lanzol set out to capture Caterina Sforza, but Sforza escaped with the help of her family in the College of Cardinals.